• Volgograd Pedagogical University
• Volgograd Pedagogical Academy
• Volgograd State Pedagogical Academy
• Volgograd Pedagogical Instittute

Volgograd State Pedagogical University is one of the oldest and major pedagogical institutions  in the Russian Federation. Volgograd State Pedagogical University was established in 1931 by the decree of the Council of the People's Commissars of the USSR in Stalingrad city which is currently known as Volgograd, it was previously known as the Stalingrad Industrial Pedagogical Institute. In 1949, the university was renamed after Russian Proletarian writer, Alexander Serafimovich. Under political reforms of Nikita Khrushchev, the city was renamed from Stalingrad to Volgograd in 1961, and the name of the institution was changed to the Volgograd State Pedagogical Institute. In 1992 Volgograd State Pedagogical Institute got university status and became Volgograd State Pedagogical University. Today Volgograd State Pedagogical University  is one of the 10 best leading pedagogical and linguistic universities in Russia and 100 best universities worldwide. The Volgograd State Pedagogical University structure currently includes Institute of Primary and Special Education, Foreign Languages Institute, Institute of Art Education, and Institute of Computerized Pedagogics. There are four buildings on campus with over 13,000 students: 13,000 full-time and part-time students and about 200 post-graduates and foreign students who study here. Volgograd State Pedagogical University has 4 other branches which are located in different part Volgograd region.